Canberra has sent the first down payment of a total $4.7 billion to prop up US shipbuilding efforts ahead of the planned ...

Australia’s Defence Minister Richard Marles is heading to Washington DC to talk AUKUS with his new counterpart in Donald ...

Defence Minister Richard Marles has met his newly appointed US counterpart Pete Hegseth in Washington D.C, spruiking ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth met with Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles at the Pentagon on Friday and affirmed ...

Richard Marles will visit the US this week and meet his new counterpart Pete Hegseth as Australia seeks to build relations ...

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U.S. President Donald Trump has agreed to consider exempting Australia from his steel and aluminium tariffs, Prime Minister ...

Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles is in Washington for AUKUS discussions with newly appointed US Defence Secretary Pete ...

Donald Trump wants America’s alliance with Australia to be its strongest bond with any nation, the President’s defence chief ...

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says Donald Trump is "supportive" of the AUKUS alliance, after Australia sent a $US500 million ($798 million) payment to Washington as part of it.

Australia has made its first AUKUS down payment to the US, transferring nearly $800m to help boost the country’s submarine ...

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